Experimental validation of Monte Carlo (MANTIS) simulated x-ray response of columnar CsI scintillator screens

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4944-4956

  Freed, Melanie ^a,b   Miller, Stuart ^c   Tang, Katherine ^a,d   Badano, Aldo ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

^d US Spine Technologies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesium Iodide, Monte Carlo simulation, experimental validation, scintillator blur

Indexed keywords

CESIUM IODIDE; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SUBSTRATES; X RAY SCREENS;

APPROXIMATE AGREEMENT; DETECTOR PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FIGURE OF MERIT (FOM); NORMALIZED DIFFERENCES; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SYSTEM OPTIMIZATIONS; X RAY IMAGING SYSTEM;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; LIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY;

EID: 65549148766     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3233683     Document Type: Article

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